2011 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:13:50 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Chardon Rubber demolition, Chardon, Ohio
 
Demolition of Chardon Rubber Co. building is under way (with video)

By Betsy Scott

Willoughby News-Herald (OH)
July 18, 2011

The walls came tumbling down on schedule for the redevelopment of the former Chardon Rubber Co. property in Chardon.



Demolition is under way at 373 Washington St., now home to rubber compound processor Chardon Custom Polymers. The $2 million project includes brownfield remediation, which began earlier this year. An architectural makeover is planned for part of the building fronting Washington Street and about 1.5 acres on the west side will be reserved for a bike path.



Property improvements - mostly covered by a Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund grant - are expected to result in adding about 50 new jobs within five years, $45,000 in income tax revenue and a net increase in $2 million in property value. Those numbers donât include the anticipated job creation via the potential redevelopment proposal for 2 acres on the east side.


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For the entire article, see
http://news-herald.com/articles/2011/07/18/news/ doc4e2490bf086d0575297932.txt

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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